Thyene

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Thyene

| image = Thyene_imperialis_Jumping_spider.jpg

| image_caption = Thyene imperialis with prey

| authority = Simon, 1885

| type_species = T. imperialis

| type_species_authority = (Rossi, 1846)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 51, see text

| synonyms = *Brancus Simon, 1902

  • Gangus Simon, 1902
  • Mithion Simon, 1884
  • Paramodunda Lessert, 1925
  • Thya Simon, 1876

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Thyene is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1885.{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1885| title=Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale. I. Arachnides recueillis à Wagra-Karoor près Gundacul, district de Bellary par M. M. Chaper. II. Arachnides recueillis à Ramnad, district de Madura par M. l'abbé Fabre| journal=Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France| pages=1–39| volume=10| author-link=Eugène Simon}} It is a junior synonym of Mithion,{{cite book| last=Prószyński| first=J.| year=1987| page=111| title=Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2| publisher=Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach}} and senior synonym of Brancus, Paramodunda and Gangus.{{cite journal| last1=Prószyński| first1=J.| last2=Deeleman-Reinhold| first2=C. L.| year=2010| title=Description of some Salticidae (Araneae) from the Malay Archipelago. I. Salticidae of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with comments on related species| journal=Arthropoda Selecta| volume=19| page=184| doi=10.15298/arthsel.19.3.05| doi-access=free}}{{cite book| last=Prószyński| first=J.| year=1990| page=252| title=Catalogue of Salticidae (Araneae): synthesis of quotations in the world literature since 1940, with basic taxonomic data since 1758| publisher=Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna W Siedlcach}}{{Cite journal |last1=Wesołowska |first1=Wanda |last2=Russell-Smith |first2=Anthony |date=2022 |title=Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J.-C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae) |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |issue=841 |pages=1–143 |doi=10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943|s2cid=252889319 |doi-access=free }}

Species

{{as of|2022|10}} it contains fifty-one species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Europe, Asia, Brazil, and Queensland:{{cite journal |year=2022 |title=Gen. Thyene Simon, 1885 |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3015 |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |doi=10.24436/2 |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=World Spider Catalog Version 23.5}}

References

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